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送 sòng give (as a present); deliver; see someone out in Mandarin Chinese
Definition[edit | edit source]
Radical is 辶 chuò “walk” or “go.” The colloquial name for this radical is 走之 zŏu zhī “the walking 之,” because of its meaning “walk” and its resemblance to the particle 之. Distinguish 送 from simplified 关 guān.
Examples[edit | edit source]
- 送 sòng give (as a present); deliver; see someone off or out [V]
- 送给 (送給) sònggĕi give someone as a present [V+PV]
- 买二送一 (買二送一) măi èr sòng yī “buy two, get one free” (lit. “[you] buy two, [we] give one as a gift”)
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Sources[edit | edit source]
Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
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- 让(讓) ràng let; make
- 赶(趕) găn rush, hurry, make a dash for
- 结(結) jié tie; knot
- Constellations
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- Fruits
- 修 xiū build, repair; study, take (a course)
- 节(節) jié restrict, control; economize
- 该(該) gāi should, ought
- 留 liú keep; leave behind
- 飞(飛) fēi fly